BIFF-ANOTHER HEAD FALLS! Wilson moves against Lansing
The column reviews President Wilson dismissing Secretary of State Lansing, detailing the feud over policy and authority. It notes Lansing's resignation as a private citizen and hints at possible further revelations, with commentary on Democratic editors and upcoming political reactions.
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Biff
Wilson
Lansing
Department of Foreign Affairs
Paris
Baillit
Marshall
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson
Sally Seymour traps a man named Tom with nature talk and clever pacing but a cascade of roadside signs and ads undermines her schemes. The frame tale follows their clashes with billboards and products that undercut romance and readiness for marriage.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Air mail anniversary foretold in September
The article notes that in September a fiftieth anniversary of air mail will be marked. It recalls 1870 balloons carrying stamped letter mail from Paris to government posts outside the city during an emergency.
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Paris
Health Talks By John Bo Hurem on Rheumatism Causes
A Health Talk outlines rheumatism causes from predisposing conditions and a germ as the infection source. It ties weather exposure and illnesses to infection spread through blood and joints, detailing progression to chronic, deformed joints and heart involvement.
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John BO Hurem
A.M
Cty
Hezellah
Answers from Nature Notes on English climate and barn myths
The piece discusses how mild English climate reduces barn building for protection, notes contrast with America's barns, asks what preys on bees, mentions black spiders and Virgilian references to lizards and birds. It also observes the fish hawk catching prey on the wing with a distinctive undulating flight.
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America
Virgil
The Sandman Story by Mrs Fla Walker
A Little River laments its dull lot beside a garden Fountain that gleams in sunlight. A tree shares a lesson that beauty has a source and worth beyond appearances as the river learns its own value.
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Sandman
Mrs. Fla, Walker
Trea
Tuttle River
The Healthy Road Poem Fragment by Sy Frank L. Stanton
A fragment of a poem titled The Healthy Road reflects on longing and time spent in laughter and tears. It imagines a future reckoning with years lived and love as a rover seeking old fields and streams to relive past dreams.
No Secret Plot Behind Military Training Says Iowa Editor
A Des Moines Register piece argues military training is a straightforward defense measure and not a hidden plot, urging support for self defense and American interests. The editorial contrasts national aloofness with practical preparation amid world events.
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Ottumway
Universal
America
In All That's Good Iowa Secretaries of Agriculture
In All That's Good notes that in the end they always return to Iowa for secretaries of agriculture. Iowa is portrayed as the birthplace or home of these officials.
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Marshalltown Times
Iowa
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
Puzzle text features Farmer Jones and his wife Maria debating chicken numbers to manage feed supply. The passage poses a question: how many chickens do they have now, given two options to sell or buy and the resulting feed longevity changes. The piece appears as an old Loyd brain teaser with oblique names and a playful, misdirecting script.
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Jones
Maria
Josiah
Uncle Harry Talks World Financial Problems
Uncle Harry explains that the current global debt stems from the 1914–1918 war, totaling about 200 billion dollars, up from 40 billion prewar. He notes the challenge of raising funds to pay interest without overburdening taxpayers and calls for wide, careful action to settle these financial woes. Editors note invites signed inquiries by mail.
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Jimmy
Uncle Harry
Helen
United States
Harry
Don’t Look Old From The Up Cues Danderin Ad
An advertisement advises using a small bottle of Danderine from drug stores to treat dandruff by applying to the scalp nightly. It claims visible results by morning with two or three applications, restoring hair brightness and color.
Marmola Prescription Tablets Promise Easy Fat Loss
An early 20th century notice touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple harmless method to lose two to four pounds of fat per week without dieting or exercise. It claims doctors and friends endorse the product and promotes mail order from the Marmola Company in Detroit.
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W. J. Hartman CO
Weet Park Ave
John C. Hartman
Wditor
AW. Peterson
Treus
Mgr
Weex
Waterloo
Associated Press
Sn Ep
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Washington, D. C
Munsey
E.G. Dewsherty
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooks & Finley
Rep’s
Marmola Company
Woodward Avye
Detroit, Mich
Stop Tobacco For A Month And See How You Feel
Stop tobacco for a month and measure health gains. Nicotol dispensed by all good druggists, with Dr Connors of Johns Hopkins Hospital set to publish an article in this paper. Wangler Pros and B. W. Schuneman & Co. advertise Nicotol.
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Connor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Wangler jPros
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Purely Vegetable Blood Remedy Promoted in Ad
Scientists tout 8.8.8 as a vegetable based blood treatment for rheumatism catarrh sores ulcers skin diseases and other blood disorders. It claims to purify the system and be a permanent cure sold at drug stores with letters to Medical Director at Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.
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Get
S&s
Iit
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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